Chapter 50: The Cautious Rogues

As the morning sun shines, a new day begins.

The heavy and sturdy gate creaked open by a few archers, and the villagers walked out of the village with farm tools and sweet cooking cakes. The opening up of private ownership has made each of them look forward to the future. According to the decree issued by the lord, the farmland that was reclaimed outside the city was owned by them privately. You only need to pay about one-tenth of the harvest after harvest.

Zhuya Prefecture has excellent climatic conditions, and can harvest two crops a year. Only one-tenth of the harvest needs to be paid, which is a hundred times better than the nearly eight-tenths of the harvest that is exploited in the year in the hometown. Although the surplus harvest is sold and sold at an additional tax of one-thirtieth of the tax, the generous and merciful lord has also opened a private school for these mud-legged children, and their own cubs can read and learn to read and write when they reach the right age, which is the right of nobles.

Nearly 1,000 villagers walked out of the village with a smile and flocked to the reclamation place that Lu Yao had planned in advance. It used to be a dense jungle. Once the lumber yard was built, the lumberjacks cut down the jungle and stretched it far into the distance. All the villagers had to do was dig out the roots and pick up the soil from elsewhere to fill it in.

No one has set foot here in 10,000 years. Rotten branches and leaves accumulate for 10,000 years. The land is fertile enough to produce oil. If the farmland is reclaimed and crops are planted, a bumper harvest will surely be achieved. Zhuya Prefecture has abundant rain, and even watering can be saved.

Arriving at the reclamation area, the villagers dispersed energetically and began a new round of reclamation. Some choose to go it alone. Some people choose to call friends and friends to join hands in reclamation, although it will inevitably lead to their own farmland scattered everywhere, but there are more people, and there are a lot of fertile land. Spread it evenly, but it is more cost-effective than doing it alone.

The newly joined refugees are also full of longing for a better life in the future, and they are full of enthusiasm to scatter in the reclamation area and start reclamation. They were so motivated that they didn't notice that there was a bunch of unfamiliar faces on the edge near the jungle.

A few of the newly joined homeless people looked around seemingly casually, and then they shouldered their hoes to meet the unfamiliar faces. The two groups of people tacitly acquiesced, and they each buried their heads in waving hoes to reclaim the wasteland. This kind of scene has been seen a lot in the reclamation area, and no one cares.

"Tiger Head, what's going on inside?" One of the group, a very sturdy young man with a sturdy eyebrow and a hoe, asked in a low voice without squinting.

"There are at least a hundred or dozens of archers, and it's not easy to deal with." A stout rammer next to him dug out the roots of a bush with a hoe, and his eyes showed a wit that did not match his appearance.

At this time, a young man not far away came over and said eagerly: "Big brother, we have dozens of more brothers today. In terms of manpower, we are no less than them. It's better to fight now. With the tiger head brother and their internal strategy, they will definitely be able to take this village. ”

"Leopard, Brother Zhou has his plans, don't mess around." The tiger's head slapped angrily on the head of this man known as the leopard.

"I'm fooling around. Brother Zhou doesn't often say that he is unprepared. Now they are not guarding at all. Let me lead people to rush over and take the gate. The leopard rubbed his head and snorted dissatisfiedly.

The tiger's eyes glared, and the gesture was about to hit again, so frightened that the leopard quickly flashed into the distance. Running to the side, the leopard still muttered: "If it's me, just lead people to rush over and kill it, why bother to be such a mother-in-law, with a belly of birds." ”

Zhou Long didn't care about the dispute between the tiger head and the leopard, and groaned while swinging the hoe. He's the leader of the rogue who refreshed the rogue camp. As soon as he refreshed it, he immediately launched an ambush and led the rogues in the camp to escape from the camp.

Xanadu Village has developed into a Level 3 village, which makes him greedy. The village's well-fortified city was ten times better than the rudimentary camp of the rogues. As long as this village can be won, it may not be impossible to become a climate in the future.

However, he just refreshed it, and there are only dozens of rogues under his hands. After observing outside the village for a long time, he had already found that there were a lot of troops in the village, and the configuration of troops was also perfect, at least it was not someone who could cope with a gang of rogues like himself. So he had to press his impulse, planning to lurk for a few days and gather some more rogues before making plans.

I don't know if God opened his eyes, but luck came in a blink of an eye. This rich village actually sent troops on an expedition. He could see clearly from hiding in the nearby woods. A hundred carts full of food are enough for at least 600 people to eat for a month. Immediately, he was eager to try, and immediately beckoned people to start immediately.

But when the manpower came, he hesitated. The situation is a little weird. At this time, send troops on an expedition...... Aren't you worried about copying this village?

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

Zhou Long forcibly pressed the impulse and chose to continue to wait and see. Soon the opportunity came. The homeless people who had come to the village saw an opportunity to infiltrate the village. So he sent his right-hand man Tiger Head to lead people to pretend to be homeless and blend in. The information was obtained, but he was not sure if it was an opportunity or a trap.

"Big brother."

A suppressed low cry interrupted Zhou Long's thoughts. He looked up at the tiger's head. The latter looked honest and honest, but his eyes were shining with anticipation.

"Wait, wait until their expeditionary army is a little farther away." Zhou Long took a deep breath, still choosing to be cautious.

The expeditionary force in Xanadu Village had just set off for a day. The mountain road is difficult to travel, and at best it is thirty or forty miles in a day. This is also due to the development of the surrounding area of the village. Wait a few more days before you start, you can gather more rogue and increase your own strength. Second, it can also ensure that Xanadu Village will send a warning signal in time, and the expeditionary force will not be withdrawn so quickly to rescue. By the time the troops returned, they had already led the crowd to capture the village. Relying on strong city defenses, it is not difficult to destroy those expeditionary forces.

"Okay, just do as the big brother wants." The tiger head nodded vigorously and sniffed.

"Leopard ......" Zhou Long turned around and greeted, waited for the leopard to come over, and whispered: "You bring more people to mix in with the tiger head." Everything is arranged by the tiger head. When the time is ripe, the tiger head will lead people to attack the village gate, and you will take people to burn a granary to create chaos. ”

The leopard nodded gloomily. It's just a village with just over a hundred archers, so why bother. As long as you get close, those archers are a dish. I can do it by myself with a dozen or twenty brothers. However, Zhou Liang is the leader, and he can't help but listen to what he says.

Zhou Long saw the leopard's depressed expression, walked to the side and called the tiger's head, and whispered: "Keep an eye on the leopard, don't let him spoil our big business." ”

"Well, with me, the leopard doesn't dare to mess around." Tiger nodded heavily.

Zhou Long smiled, saw that no one was paying attention to this side, threw down the hoe, and sank into the jungle like a leopard. The Tiger Head group then moved seemingly unintentionally, making it seem that there was no one missing here.

As the sun set, the tiger head and the leopard exchanged glances with each other, put on a simple smile, and followed the villagers back to the village while laughing and playing.

……

In the Lord's Mansion, Lu Yao stood in the courtyard with his hands in his hands and looked at the brilliant burning clouds in the sky, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "It's time to do it." ”

A palm-sized piece of white paper in his right hand swayed with the night breeze, and a few small characters on it reflected the afterglow of the sunset, exuding a faint fragrance of ink.